Dear Sophocleese ---- Thank you again, for a VERY clear, peaceful, rendering of divergent views upon the same scene.

A peculiar paradox of music is that it is most freqently found in measures divisiable by 2.....ie.2/4, 4/4, 6/8, 8/8 time.....HOWEVER, our musical scale is built on a prime number ....ie. Seven

When improvising, and acompanying, (MODERN TUNES)it is essential that it follow on the BEAT A simple solution is found by "adding another note to the scale." Within the one-chord it is found by playing the fifth tone and then immediately following it with a "sharped fifth tone" (half a step higher).....ie. C C,D,E,F,G,G#,A,B,C

Within the the seven-chord once again raise the fifth tone (or seventh depending on reference point) ie. C7 E,F,G,A,Bb,B,C,D,E

The addition of the eighth note is a GREAT help to improvisation....

Scales are a valuable thing to master...and these "modified" eight note scales are also helpful to master. A first they are a challenge and soon you will believe that "you always knew them" and will wonder at those who haven't "learned the alphabet yet."

Scales can be FUN Vary them....use different rhythems......fight boredom.....ie. short, long, short, long, etc, or long, short, long, short, or short, short, long,.......be creative, see how many different, challenging, rhythmic, variations on three octove scales you can create.....

The "fun way" is the "best way"...."no way...if it ain't play." ENJOY!!!! LIFE!!!!! CELEBRATE!!!